Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5beacc853ba98517…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:08:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3f26a64013f23cc9dcff4617a1c6cb67 SHA-1: 4ef9663ff1b7a73da77a59c0935fd0efb7ff5c1e SHA-256: 5beacc853ba985170fca57ee93d0491fc03da4a51971b8de16915890040fdd19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, and one URL includes a 'grand crime gangster apk download' term, suggesting a lure for potentially harmful software. The presence of a visual download button heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grand+crime+gangster+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://pleasanton.com/wysiwygfiles/file/81093825669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/43519700119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/35413471522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/kuruluxakoriset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79162119640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agri-mal.pl/userfiles/file/kizupur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sintsprev-ms.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86344127851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/59297700937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7uh2l41434hmnima7sfmkcb3/barufakinukalawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135054cc3d4b---bimonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346d51d6dfb---pugoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/73487958066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausman.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/memokivomuvabojiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-box100.com/uploads/files/202109151457252937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f73e4ba911a5177b2cdb00a8650c7e6/36282766426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islenapuntos.com/campannas/file/xabumusojabolozemumejeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconsos.com/userfiles/file/kemuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/xuvuxifogonudefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pieseclimaauto.com/files/file/xugefurewubeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taybaite.com/userfiles/file/42647519700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/revuribevulosomoxejatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/60492664221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f21659768---bozimesokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04086e59336c05abff578922331af6e8/sulenukile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/75175622385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/53034043855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE0 17120 bytes
SHA-256: e0a89e4ac275a84b398a08a56f8115907fe715bdacf37af50f2bf2a561008857
font_01_sfnt_off00010c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C73 11072 bytes
SHA-256: f203602611a01b1b9efba57295003ea105fcf6b5f20d96ca593b94d651311419
font_02_sfnt_off00012618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12618 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1